Chapter 5 Vocab

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Mitosis

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The division of the cell nucleus and it’s contents

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Cell cycle

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The regular pattern of growth, DNA replication, and cell division that occurs in eukaryotic cells

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Cytokinesis

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Process that divides the cell cytoplasm

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Chromosome

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Long, continuous thread of DNA that consists of numerous genes and regulatory information

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Histones

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Protein that organizes chromosomes and around which DNA wraps

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Chromatin

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Loose combination of DNA and chromosomes that is present during interphase

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Chromatid

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One half of a duplicated chromosome

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Centromere

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Region of the condensed chromosome that looks pinched

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Telomere

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Repeating nucleotide at the ends of DNA molecules that do not form genes and help prevent the loss of genes

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Prophase

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First phase of mitosis when chromatin condenses, the nuclear envelope breaks down, the nucleolus disappears, and the centrisomes and centrioles migrate to opposite sides of the cell

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Metaphase

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Second phase of mitosis when spindle fibers align the chromosomes along the cell equator

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Anaphase

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Third phase of mitosis during which chromatids separate and are pulled to opposite sides of the cell

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Telophase

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A complete set of identical chromosomes is positioned at each pole of the cell. The nuclear membranes start to form, the chromosomes begin to uncoil, and the spindle fibers fall apart